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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

The Woodlands, Tx

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Provided a monthly Profit & Loss (P&L) forecast and variance analysis to the executives and parent company.Prepared and presented month end financial presentations to the executive team.Led the annual budget process and prepared the models and forecasts for all inputs.Created an Excel template to integrate the financials and GL mapping for two companies on separate accounting systems after the purchase of one of our competitor.Produced a weekly Accounts Receivable deck and presented to the executives for bad debt management.Prepared customer profitability reports to provide insight to product costs and margins.Created a monthly sales forecast with the Sales team in the US and Canada for Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A). Calculated product cost forecasts based on sales forecast, standard cost, and product mix for the monthly P&L forecast. Tracked and managed customer rebates from creation through payout in the US and Canada.Managed two direct reports for financial analysis and Tableau maintenance.Prepared the Monthly Operating Report (MOR) presented to the private equity (PE) owners while PE owned. Produced a Weekly Flash report to measure weekly sales with budget, forecast, and prior year variances, and other KPI’s for the PE owners and executive team.Generated a weekly scorecard for the executive leadership team and PE. Created various ad hoc reports and analysis for the executive team and PE. Calculated monthly commissions for the sales team in the US and Canada.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Lewisville, Tx

Successfully coordinated our corporate Category Management initiative for product and supplier conversions by providing cross-functional communication to Merchandising, Sales, suppliers, and our corporate office, as well as developing creative ad hoc Excel reports, including updates for conversion timelines, item maintenance and forecast adjustments, identifying lost sales and customer growth opportunities, and pricing and gross profit analysis. • Our local operating company ranked 10th out of 80 for compliance and gross profit increase.Produced various reports and provided analysis to identify issues such as forecast deviations, out of stocks, seasonal forecasts, and system issues, in order to maintain service level and days’ supply goals, after the conversion from Information Management System (IMS) to Systems Application and Products Data Processing (SAP). • Developed a “Critical Items” report, adopted corporately, to assess forecast deviations for over 14,000 stocked items to identify future service level issues with time to react.Prepared weekly department reports for the VP of Merchandising to measure aging inventory, shrink, service levels, and calculate days’ of supply per category and buyer. • Recognized as Merchandiser of the Year (2014).

Grand Prairie, Texas

Performed the short term scheduling and long range planning of the facility, taking into consideration material constraints, capacity constraints, customer priorities and management objectives.Generated the first build schedule with visibility to the location of parts within the long lead time heat treat processes by collaborating with the IT Manager to create a program to recognize part sign-offs and populate next step on build schedule, providing part visibility to management and enhancing part flow.Aided in the resolution of a capacity issue on a critical resource (Carburizers) by analyzing the impact of recent lot size reductions as well as production order run times.Streamlined build plan production by leveraging and enhancing an automated process, resulting in a more timely and consistent delivery of the daily build plan, as well as the elimination of one hour of non-value added effort per day.Recognized capacity constraint across the Robot cell and created a prioritized schedule for parts in order to generate a more continuous and efficient flow.Led a daily meeting with the Heat Treat supervisors to identify WIP and plan next day priorities.

Patuxent River Naval Air Station

Obtained a Secret Security clearance and utilized NATOPS to schedule helicopter test flights and passenger flights for military personnel and operations. Created a daily flight schedule for the Commanding Officer. Maintained schedules and calendars for the Operations Officer.Scheduled overflow flights contracted through a flight support company. Maintained flight logs, flight plans, and pilot qualifications. Performed administrative tasks which included communication with contract flight operations and pilots, test plan reviews, and billing reconciliation for contract and C-12 flights utilizing FIST.

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Logistics And Supply Chain Management, Magna Cum Laude

Associate Of Science, Business Administration, 4.0

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